Sylvia Read, Ph.D.

Sylvia Read

Assistant Professor of Elementary Education
Email: sylvia.read@usu.edu
Phone: 797-0382
Office: Emma Eccles Jones Education 382

Education

  • Ph.D. in Elementary Education with Reading/Writing specialization, Utah State University, Logan, UT, 2000
  • Masters of Education, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 1990
  • Bachelor of Arts in English, University of Illinois, 1985, cum laude

Professional Experience:

  • Assistant professor of Elementary Education, Language Arts methods classes, graduate classes: Teaching Tradebooks in the Elementary and Middle School Classroom and Improving Language Arts Methods
  • Second grade teacher, North Park Elementary School, North Logan, UT, Fall 1996-1998 and 2000-2003
  • Multiage primary learning community teacher, Edith Bowen Laboratory School, Utah State University, Logan, UT, Fall 1998-Spring 2000, on exchange from Cache County School District
  • Instructor–Elementary/Secondary Education 6310, Content Area Reading, Distance Education, Utah State University, Spring 2001
  • Instructor–Elementary Education 3100, Teaching Reading I, Utah State University, 1997-present
  • First grade teacher, North Park Elementary School, North Logan, UT 1994-1996
  • Sixth grade teacher, Spring Creek Middle School, Providence, UT 1993-1994
  • Sixth grade teacher, Urbana Middle School, Urbana, IL 1991-1993
  • Seventh grade teacher, Urbana Middle School, Urbana, IL 1990-1991
  • Instructor–Rhetoric 105, Freshman Composition, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 1985-1986

Recent Publications

  • Read, S. (2007). Judging the accuracy of multicultural historical fiction: Guidelines for teachers. The Dragon Lode, 25(2).
  • Read, S. & Sorenson, B. (2007). Interactive read-aloud with informational books. The Utah Journal of Reading and Literacy.
  • Read, S. (2006). Tapping into students' motivation: Lessons from adolescents’ blogs. Voices from the Middle, 14 (2).
  • Read, S. (2005). Nonlinear nonfiction writing and the I-chart: Scaffolding for success. 2005 College Reading Association Yearbook, Patricia Linder, editor.
  • Read, S. (2004/2005). Young children as researchers: A close look at the reading process. International Journal of Learning, Volume 11, 301-307. Mary Kalantzis and Bill Cope, editors.
  • Read, S. (2005). First- and second-graders writing information text. The Reading Teacher, 59(1), 36-44.
  • Read, S. (2005). The writing moment, or, a little writing theory can make all the difference. Arizona English Bulletin, 47(2), 57-60.
  • Smith, J. & Read, S. (2005). Early Literacy Instruction: A Comprehensive Framework for Teaching Reading and Writing, K-3. Columbus, OH: Pearson Education.

Current Service Activities

  • Member of Editorial Review Board for The Reading Teacher, a peer-reviewed publication of the International Reading Association with a circulation of 100,000+
  • Member of Orbis Pictus Award Committee. The National Council of Teachers of English Orbis Pictus Nonfiction Book Award honors the author whose nonfiction book makes an outstanding contribution to children’s literature.
  • Webmaster of www.collegereadingassociation.org for the College Reading Association
  • Faculty Senate, 2005-2008

Memberships

  • National Council of Teachers of English
  • Utah Council of International Reading Association
  • International Reading Association
  • College Reading Association

External Funding

  • 2005: R&D team member, Connecting Primary Grade Teacher Knowledge to Primary Grade Student Achievement: Developing the Evidence-Based Reading/Writing Teaching Knowledge Assessment System, 3-year, $1 million Institute of Education Sciences grant.
  • 2004: New Faculty Research Grant. $11,270. The State of Writing Instruction in Elementary Classrooms: A National Survey of Self-Reported Teacher Practices

Upcoming Deadlines

  • October 1
    Apply to the Teacher Education Program

  • October 1
    Apply for Student Teaching